Category Archives: special collections

Rent Strikes, 100 Years On, 2-28th November 2015, Mitchell Library Foyer, Glasgow. This exhibition organised by Spirit of Revolt ran for the month of November and coincided with the centenary of the death of Joe Hill as well as UK media saturation with WW1 Remembrance shows. We therefore extended the content of the […]

Where are the images of First World War dissent in Scotland? Anti-war movements and the media, 1914-1918. Written by Maria Antonia Velez-Serna, for Spirit of Revolt Archive, 2014. “The fact that the peace movement survived at all in the face of massive government anti-German, pro-war propaganda and a vicious jingoistic pro-war press stands as […]

The Spirit of Revolt, as part of its outreach program, has put together a mini version of its very successful exhibition held in the Mitchell Library 12 – 19th. January 2013. This exhibition is available in conjuction with other exhibitions, bookstalls and other gatherings. A summary of the exhibition with images, can be seen HERE: